Greece,.in' 1823 and. 1824. 
- if, Bhe, Greeks fleet, in.gomg from. Hydra 
to Missolonghi,,fell.in with,.a Turkish. brig 
nean Scrofus,;.... hey: chased, her.) -She be - 
haved gallantly, and. at Jength.ran on a rock 
near,Ithaca.,;)'The Greeks, sent,.a, boat, to 
seize. and rifle. their; prize.,.;, The Turks 
qnade for. the shore; aud trom the shore fired 
and. killed Nichola .Bulugo. and,..wounded 
Pano Triandophilo,,.both Spetzioss., .The 
Greeks upon this followed the Turks on 
shore, and killed. and wounded some of 
then, The Greek commandants did all in 
‘heir. power, to, prevent their sailors from 
going; om.shore, and exerted themselves. to 
ha sten their return, The crime, therefore, 
of Turks and Greeks was nearly the same; 
—Hoth violoted the laws of neutrality and 
‘of quarantine!“ But Sir T. M. launches all 
his thunders against the Greeks, and talks 
Of their having been commanded by “ un 
€erto nominate Principe Mavrocordato,” but 
who,did not command the fleet. 
oo“ -The,jother.case was, that of a trader 
and the quarantine: Jaws were broken by a 
(pirate. And for these acts Sir’T. Maitland 
-falminates against the: Greek nation. When 
‘will this, man cease to perseeute a people 
_gloriously. struggling for their lives and 
liberties ?”’ 
Jn. his. XX VIF Letter, Colonel Stan- 
hope gives the following account of the 
existing state of Greece. 
Greece is) divided into cantons and sub- 
cantons. The are under the immediate 
governments of prefeets and sub-prefects. 
Each commupity elects a president, who 
is under the primate of the district, and 
‘both are directed by the sub-prefect. In 
every cantonand, sub-canton there is a 
court of justice. The prefect communi- 
“gates th the minister SF the home depart- 
“ment. © Tn each eanton there is a secretary- 
‘general, ‘afinanée-minister, a war-minister, 
bao naval-minister and captain of the port 
where required, and a minister of police. 
The sub-cantons hiave analogous establish- 
«jnents.,,, Each conmaunity elects three per- 
_ Sons, who. represent the government, and 
pact. Bes the sub-prefect, There isa 
Justice of the peace in each canton, In 
, sub-canton there is a eourt consisting 
Of three jtdges! or commercial, political, 
and criminal affairs. ‘These courts are pro- 
<visional; » In -each eanton there isa tribunal 
of five, called, Bribupals des Armes. 'Khe 
hgustice of the peace decides all matters not , 
’ hoexceeding:| one: Inundred;! piastires::\o those 
vunder filty: piasttes are not appealabldiey che 
also judges all petty \cases of mssault,.and 
oat LL) ~ 
597 
all questions: ‘concerning: irrigation. » ‘He 
carinot:séatence to more than threemonths’ 
imprisonment, and:has ‘the power of chang- 
ing bodily punishment into a°fiie) Which 
must not exceed 150 piastres. \ Froiti these 
judgments there is no appeal.’ ‘Each jus- 
tice of ‘the’ peace has ‘a secretary arid a re- 
gistrar. No prosecution’'¢an take © place 
without a written’ statement, ‘All sénteneés 
must be given in public and in writing, OIF 
the parties are not’ satisfied with the ‘sen- 
tence, they must’ immediately write'down 
their intention to appeal’ on ‘the brief. 
The first tribunals decide political, commer- 
cial, and criminal affairs, and, ‘also; \éases 
of appeal from the justices of the peace. 
In these courts all pleas'and answers’ must 
be in writing; their sentences’ are’ not defi- 
nitive, but are liable to revision by the ‘Tri- 
bunals of Appeal. The, Fribunals,of Appeal 
judge all cases of appeal from the. first 
tribunals. The sentences of these courts, 
on commercial and political affairs, not ex- 
ceeding 4,000 piastres, are final’; but, when 
they exceed that sum, an appeaf lies.ta the 
General ‘Tribunals of Greece. “Tn ériminal 
‘eases the sentences of ‘the’ 'Pribuials “Of 
Appeal are not appealable, except sentence 
of decapitation be awarded, in ‘which tase, 
reference may be made to’ the "General 
Tribunal. Each community has a notary, 
who must be approved by the goverriment. 
All money contracts must be mate if his 
presence, and both parties must come be- 
fore him for that purpose. He must, also, 
attend those who wish to make their wills, 
and notify the physical aud moral state of 
the testators.”” 
Inthe same letter, follows an account 
of a military riot. 
“ Some Suliots insisted upon taking up 
their quarters in the house of burghuw 
Resistance was made, and several persons 
were wounded. The fray over, a townsmans. 
went to Prince Mavrocordato to, demand 
redress, Presently after, a corps of Suliots 
went to him, forthe same purpose I met 
them on my road home from Dr. Meyer's. 
The burghur on his way was questioned. by 
Dr. Meyer. He was narrating the events 
of the fray, when a Suliot passed, and shot 
him dead. The Prince assembled the 
military chiefs, and insisted on. thein deliyer- 
ing up the malefactors to justice... They 
shuffled, argued, and finally consented. 
Wonder not at this fray; wonder, rather, 
that 5,000 undisciplined, ill-paid, . armed 
soldiers, from different quarters, should 
have been here nearly a month, should haye 
consented to a reduction of their force, and 
should, under these .cirewmstances;y have 
- departed without having been guilty of any 
o@utrage,”’ ay 
© woud Byron took 500 of these, Subiots 
olnto obs @wn, Pay « an hacanes t aie 
chiefs Bytithey were found very: un- 
tractable 
